ALTEN reviews

3.5

65% would recommend to a friend

(3,103 total reviews)
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Simon Azoulay

77% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

ALTEN has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,103 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ALTEN employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Administración y consultoría industry (3.7 stars).

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4.0
Mar 11, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

The staff are quite responsive and professional. Following of the project is good. The people that I had contact with it were friendly

Cons

As a consulting company based on outsourcing of services, the career evolution is obviously poor and the formation related to the work in the clients could be improved.

3.0
Aug 7, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

ALTEN has been around for about 20 years so they have impressive exposure to most sectors. I'm in the telecoms division and there are quite a lot of opportunities, and they keep getting interesting projects. The projects themselves are also of great quality so it's technically rewarding to work on such projects when you are working on-site for the client. The managers also keep track of your evolution and are there when you need them on anything. The annual career-management is also well lead and the process is in place to ensure that things go well over a period of 5 years.

Cons

The flip-side of being at ALTEN is that because of their size, financial compensation is quite poor. I have seen some extremely competent (and experienced) engineers paid quite poorly compared to what they should be getting. There is also little to no reward if you do extra hours at a client's site or if you deliver more than the client expected, which is morally damaging.

1.0
Mar 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Some colleagues can be nice.

Cons

Over the past 2–3 years, management has been making a number of difficult decisions that many employees have found hard to understand or rationalise. The recruiting department, which is considered one of the company’s three key pillars, has seen significant instability, having had approximately five different managers in the last four years. The company unfortunately appears to be facing broader challenges. Following a period of very rapid growth in previous years, the leadership team seems to be struggling to effectively manage the current phase of the business. This has also resulted in increasing turnover at senior levels, with even long-tenured directors choosing to leave the organisation. There also appears to be a growing reliance on employees who are working on visas and may have limited alternative employment options, which creates the impression that the company is partly sustained by this dynamic. At an operational level, management seems to have limited control over team behaviour and workplace standards. Situations have occurred where individuals behave in ways that would normally be considered inappropriate for a professional office environment, while others appear to face little accountability for their questionable actions. At times, the overall atmosphere can feel reminiscent of an episode of The Office — unfortunately without the humour.

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